JDS architects: hangzhou waves
‘hangzhou waves’ by JDS architects, hangzhou, china all images courtesy JDS architects
international practice JDS architects has created the winning competition proposal ‘hangzhou waves’, a luxury hotel and office complex in the hangzhou xintiandi district of hangzhou, china. placed back-to-back, the pair of structures mirror each other in form, opening a central void into each of the volumes which introduces natural daylight into the core of each building.
comprised of small cubes, the exterior appearance of the hotel is a result of a series of stepped terraces which extend from each room providing surfaces for vegetation to produce a green roof effect. the downward sloping profile allows views of the adjacent park and canal.
stepped terraces open views to the adjacent park and canal from each hotel room
the office tower’s main facade undulates from the highest point forming a smooth green roof with a skylight above a central atrium. daylight enters all of the interior spaces either through the perimeter glass curtain walls or the internal glazed void.
high points of each tower are placed back-to-back
aerial view of hotel terraces
main entrance to the hotel block
main entrance to the office towers
view of the office tower
interior
office and hotel and night
hotel at night
site plan
hotel building site
building volume
volume manipulation
opening for natural daylight
views from hotel rooms
terraces from hotel rooms
terraces act as green roof
inlet for pedestrian access
inlet provides more ground level space
vegetation and water on the site
office building site
building volume
volume manipulation
opening for natural daylight
green roof
lift for access
vegetation and water on the site
project info:
project: office space, hotel budget: confidential type: invited competition size: 120.000 m2 client: xin tian di status: settled 2011 location: hangzhou, china team: jds, mudi, china cuc jds partner in charge: julien de smedt project leader: junhee jung, charlotte lieske project team: andrew griffin, henning stüben, francisco villeda, gladys greyl
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https://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/13147/big-architects-west-57th-residential-building-new-york.html. so in theory BIG could of won too.
boring as usual, it’s so 2005, maybe 60’s or 70’s…
http://www.communes.com/images/orig/languedoc-roussillon/herault/la-grande-motte_34280/La-Grande-Motte_6393_Les-pyramides.jpg
or: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/55835194.jpg
please, could you stop to publish these kind of architecture and the kidding schemes which they are always associated.
Learn to appreciate guys.. Anyway you can’t do better than that.
Learn what? learn to use 3d parametric tools to have no choices to do? Or maybe learn to make some simplistic scheme to justify any design?
i have to agree, the once interesting diagram used to describe the design has been reduced to an afterthought at JDS. I’ve also heard terrible things about the detailing of his built work and the quality the buildings…
It’s very beautifull
Interieur? https://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/andrea/julien_de_smedt/lille06.jpg
Boring and cheap design by the way,
just a copy .no matter his concept nor his design
interesting, beautiful, sustainable,
playing with forms is always chalanging and has inherent difficulties but consider good judgment is more difficult!